No, I’m told. It is customary for a Kurdish bride to appear somber as a way of showing how sad she is to leave her parents. The party will go on until dawn, only to resume a few hours later. But as ...

Washington is an increasingly diverse area, and so is its wedding scene. The number of foreign diplomats, World Bank employees, and second-generation immigrants means that multicultural nuptials are ...

In the breathtakingly rugged Turkish province of Hakkari, pristine rivers surge through spectacular mountain gorges and partridges feed beneath tall clusters of white hollyhock. I’m attending the ...